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These giant ferns abound along the trail through Abel Tasman National Park, making parts of the trail seem like a location set for Jurassic Park.
Views of golden sand beaches and turquoise water come and go as you walk the Abel Tasman National Park trail on a lodge-to-lodge multi-day hike. You go in and out of dense coastal forests thick with giant tree ferns and other native plants and cross gorgeous beaches that are part of the trail. A quick dip in the ocean is always a possibility to cool off. The Abel Tasman was one of the hiking highlights of a one-year journey that took us to 23 countries. The Abel Tasman was right up there with a hut-to-hut multi-day excursion in the Swiss Alps and other epic hikes in Austria and Iceland.
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Land's End (Cornish: Penn an Wlas or Pedn an Wlas) is a headland and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England. It is the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall and England, situated within the Penwith peninsula about eight miles (13 km) west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road.
The actual Land’s End or Peal Point, is a modest headland compared with nearby headlands such as Pedn-men-dhu overlooking Sennen Cove and Pordenack, to the south. The present hotel and tourist complex is at Carn Kez, 200 m south of the actual Land’s End. Land's End has a particular resonance because it is often used to suggest distance. Land's End to John o' Groats in Scotland is a distance of 838 miles (1,349 km) by road and this Land's End to John o' Groats distance is often used to define charitable events such as end-to-end walks and races in the UK. Land's End to the northernmost point of England is a distance of 556 miles (895 km) by road.
The cliffs are made of granite, an igneous rock, which means that the cliffs will be more resistant to weathering, and will have steeper cliff faces. There are two varieties of granite represented at Land's End. Adjacent to the hotel the granite is coarse-grained with large phenocrysts of orthoclase, sometimes more than 5 in (13 cm) in length. To the north, at the First and Last House, there is a finer grained granite with fewer and smaller phenocrysts, and the different granites can be seen from a distance by the smoother weathering of the finer variety. The granite dates to 268–275 million years ago of the Permian period. The contact zone between the Land's End granite pluton and the altered ″country rocks″ is nearby and the Longships Lighthouse, offshore, is built on the country rock. Land's End is a popular venue for rock climbers.
The Longships, a group of rocky islets are just over 1 mile (1.6 km) offshore, and together with the Seven Stones Reef and the Isles of Scilly which lie about 28 miles (45 km) southwest — are part of the mythical lost land of Lyonesse, referred to in Arthurian literature.
The area around Land's End has been designated part of an Important Plant Area, by the organisation Plantlife, for rare species of flora.
In 1769, the antiquarian William Borlase wrote:
Of this time we are to understand what Edward I. says (Sheringham. p. 129.) that Britain, Wales, and Cornwall, were the portion of Belinus, elder son of Dunwallo, and that that part of the Island, afterwards called England, was divided in three shares, viz. Britain, which reached from the Tweed, Westward, as far as the river Ex; Wales inclosed by the rivers Severn, and Dee; and Cornwall from the river Ex to the Land's-End.
Tourists have been visiting Land’s End for over three hundred years. In 1649, an early visitor was the poet John Taylor, who was hoping to find subscribers for his new book Wanderings to see the Wonders of the West. In 1878 people left Penzance by horse-drawn vehicles from outside the Queens and Union hotels and travelled via St Buryan and Treen, to see the Logan Rock. There was a short stop to look at Porthcurno and the Eastern Telegraph Company followed by refreshments at the First and Last Inn in Sennen. They then headed for Land’s End, often on foot or horse, because of the uneven and muddy lanes. Over one hundred people could be at Land's End at any one time. At Carn Kez, the First and Last Inn owned a small house which looked after the horses while visitors roamed the cliffs. The house at Carn Kez developed into the present hotel. The earliest part of the house was damaged by the Luftwaffe when a plane returning from a raid on Cardiff jettisoned its remaining bombs. 53 fisherman were injured or killed. In the build-up to D-Day American troops were billeted in the hotel leaving the building in a bad state.
Land's End was owned by a Cornish family until 1982, when it was sold to David Goldstone. In 1987, Peter de Savary outbid the National Trust to purchase Land’s End for almost £7 million from David Goldstone. He had two new buildings erected and much of the present theme park development was instigated by him. He sold both Land's End and John o' Groats to businessman Graham Ferguson Lacey in 1991. The current owners purchased Land's End in 1996 and formed a company named Heritage Great Britain PLC. Attractions at the theme park include children's playgrounds and recorded music. Twice a week in August, Land's End hosts 'Magic in the Skies', a night-time firework spectacular with music by British composer Christopher Bond and narrated by actress Miriam Margolyes. Within the complex is the Land's End Hotel.
In May 2012, Land's End received worldwide publicity as the starting point of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay.
Land's End is either the start or finishing point, of end to end journeys with John o'Groats in Scotland. One of the earliest was by Carlisle who left Land's End on 23 September 1879, went to John O'Groats House and arrived back at Land's End on 15 December; taking 72 days (exclusive of Sundays); covering 3,899 miles (6,275 km). To prove his journey, he kept a log book which was stamped at any Post Office he passed. An early end to end on bicycle was completed by Messrs Blackwell and Harman of Canonbury Bicycle Club. Starting at Land's End they covered 900 miles (1,400 km) in thirteen days in July/August 1880.
(Wikipedia)
Land’s End (kornisch Penn an Wlas, Pen an Wlas), in der Nähe von Penzance, Cornwall gelegen, ist eine Ortschaft und die gleichnamige Landzunge. Die Spitze der Landzunge ist der westlichste Punkt Englands auf der Hauptinsel Großbritanniens. Etwa 40 Kilometer südöstlich befindet sich auf der Halbinsel The Lizard der Lizard Point, der südlichste Punkt Großbritanniens, quasi in direkter Nachbarschaft. Die etwa 45 Kilometer südwestlich von Land’s End gelegenen Scilly-Inseln sind der westlichste Punkt Englands. Bei klarem Wetter sind sie von der etwa 60 Meter hohen Klippe über dem Atlantik aus zu sehen. Weiterhin ist von hier aus der etwa zwei Kilometer südlich gelegene Longship Leuchtturm (1795, bzw. Nachfolgebau von 1893) sichtbar, der auf einer aus Quarzit und Serpentinit gebildeten Insel steht.
Land’s End ist wegen der geographischen Lage oftmals Ausgangspunkt von Wanderungen (auf dem South West Coast Path), Fahrradtouren, Reisen und Rallyes quer durch Großbritannien, zum Beispiel mit Oldtimern. Die Gegenstücke dazu sind John o’ Groats, der (angeblich) nördlichste Punkt auf der Hauptinsel Großbritanniens, und Lowestoft, der östlichste Punkt auf der Hauptinsel Großbritanniens. Große Entfernungen werden in Großbritannien oft mit der Metapher „von Land’s End bis John o’ Groats“ beschrieben.
In der Nähe liegen Pendeen Lighthouse und nördlich davon Cape Cornwall. An diesem Kap beginnen der Bristolkanal sowie die Irische See nach Norden und nach Süden der Ärmelkanal. Früher galt jene Landspitze als westlichster Punkt Englands, bis genaue Messungen ergaben, dass Land’s End der westlichste Punkt ist.
Der Legende nach soll das versunkene Land Lyonesse zwischen Land’s End und den Scilly-Inseln gelegen haben.
Land’s End befindet sich heute in Privatbesitz. Dort befinden sich ein touristisch ausgerichteter Themenpark mit einem Hotel, Läden und unter anderem einigen Schiffen wie dem Fischkutter Confide (PZ-741) und dem RNLI-Seenotrettungskreuzer RNLB James & Catherine Macfarlane, die besichtigt werden können. In direkter Nähe liegt der Flughafen Land’s End.
Vor und in den Klippen befindet sich aufgrund der exponierten Lage ein Schiffsfriedhof. Das Wrack des im Jahre 2003 gestrandeten Frachters RMS Mülheim mit Heimathafen Duisburg liegt wenige hundert Meter nördlich der Spitze, viele weitere gesunkene Schiffe liegen in direkter Nähe unberührt unter der Wasseroberfläche und ziehen Taucher an, wie zum Beispiel das Black Swan Project.
(Wikipedia)
Treen Cove, Gurnard’s Head, Cornwall. TR26 3DE
Panorama constructed from 6 vertical images Stitched in Serif PanoramaPlus software. Taken on the 07/05/2011 at 1203Hrs.
Camera-Nikon D3100.
Lens- AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR. 52mm UV filter.
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The rather splendid and secluded Pedn Vounder beach, which is just east of Porthcurno in Cornwall
Logan Rock is the rocky headland pictured.
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... well, actually there's no cake. The coffee set is a wooden toy from the former GDR, the little girl is another Minerva celluloid doll by Buschow & Beck, wearing an old and rather crudely sewn dress. The schnauzer is a modern miniature. The table is home-made from plywood.
German dolls' room or "Puppenstube" (the diminutive form of "Stube" or room is "Stüble"). Home-made, age uncertain but possibly 1950s or earlier. The room appears to be made from old drawer-fronts, or something else that had bevelled edges. Overall the wood is very dense and hard, even though the floor looks like pine, suggesting that the materials used for the room were quite old. Apart from its convenient small size, one of the things that really attracted me to this room, which came unfurnished, were the unusual pictures on the walls - two are by the German illustrator Elsa Eisgruber (1887-1968) or her sister Tilde Eisgruber (1889-1974), and the third Art Nouveau-style image is also an original choice for a dolls' room.
At Keys Desert Queen Ranch, Joshua Treen National Park California
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Bergenhusen, das Storchendorf in der Eider-Treene-Sorgeniederung ist von einer abwechslungsreichen Landschaft umgeben. Moore, Wiesen und Weisen dominieren diese vogelreiche Landschaft.
Bergenhusen wird das Storchendorf genannt. Rund 20 Paare brüten dort jedes Jahr
In der Eider-Treene-Sorge Niederung, kurz ETS genannt, durchströmen die drei Flüsse, Eider, Treene und Sorge eine weite, marschähnliche Landschaft, welche durch ihre atemberaubende Weite eine ganz besondere Magie entfaltet, welche sich allerdings nicht auf dem ersten Blick erschliesst. Es braucht Zeit, diese strukturarme Landschaft zu erschliessen, mit ihrer beindruckenden Vogelvielfalt und Erlebnisdichte. Ob es jubelnde Lerchen sind, oder zigtausende Gänse, genauso wie Kranich und Singschwäne, welche auf ihrem Zug nach Norden oder zurück, zu Zehntausenden die Landschaft mit ihren wilden Rufen füllen oder den Himmel verdunkelnde Staren Schwärme, die ihre betörenden Strudel tanzen. Es ist unmöglich, sich nicht faszinieren zu lassen in dem Gefühl: Genauso wirkte und klang die Welt hier bereits vor tausenden von Jahren.
New track being installed in the crossing on route 17 on the Lodi Branch. August 15, 1981
John Treen Photo
The treen teapot, tureen and spotted handle-less mugs are old, the rest is home-made from balsa and bits and bobs.
In der Eider-Treene-Sorge Niederung, kurz ETS genannt, durchströmen die drei Flüsse, Eider, Treene und Sorge eine weite, marschähnliche Landschaft, welche durch ihre atemberaubende Weite eine ganz besondere Magie entfaltet, welche sich allerdings nicht auf dem ersten Blick erschliesst. Es braucht Zeit, diese strukturarme Landschaft zu erschliessen, mit ihrer beindruckenden Vogelvielfalt und Erlebnisdichte. Ob es jubelnde Lerchen sind, oder zigtausende Gänse, genauso wie Kranich und Singschwäne, welche auf ihrem Zug nach Norden oder zurück, zu Zehntausenden die Landschaft mit ihren wilden Rufen füllen oder den Himmel verdunkelnde Staren Schwärme, die ihre betörenden Strudel tanzen. Es ist unmöglich, sich nicht faszinieren zu lassen in dem Gefühl: Genauso wirkte und klang die Welt hier bereits vor tausenden von Jahren.
Untouched beach, no clouds, no one around. I love Treen. have only been here twice but it is lovely. There were barely any footprints on the beach- and no wonder- me and my girlfriend abandoned climbing down as the rocks were wet.
Not one of my best but my photostream could really do with some brightening up- this was the first bright day for ages!
Also I played with a load of new filters on this shot. I can't afford Lee so I have gone for Hitech filters which fit my Cokin P series mount. The ND8 filter gives a slight but even (and so fixable) colour cast and my ND8 grad seems to be colour cast free so good times! Much better than Cokin- I would definitely recomend them for people like me who can't afford to spend £150 on a set of Lee grads.
Nikon D40, 18-55mm, circ plrzr, ND8, ND8 grad, f/22 and exp = 4 sec